Lieutenants are great...tossing a smoke grenade to call an airstrike is a great diversionary tactic, especially in smaller games.
As to swastikas, there are some very small ones on some of the crates inside the base. Sure, there's no huge banners with em hanging around, but this is a front-line defense base, not Hitler's dining hall.
The comment (indeed, the few comments previous in the thread) clearly referred to NT/2K SERVER, not workstation. Heck, I run W2K workstation at home...it is a fuckload more stable than anything in the 9x series.
And I don't run Linux on any of my boxes...OpenBSD and FreeBSD are much better suited to my needs for servers, routers, etc. For a desktop, W2K workstation has everything else beat currently, especially seeing as I like to play more than the select few games available on Linux.
Heh...it's definitely on the list of "things I'm gonna do on a weekend when I'm bored and don't feel like playing games". Just like building a PC for mp3 stereo/DivX player functionality, and getting a few more serial terminals (bathroom, bedroom, and kitchen need terminals, damnit! Screw "internet appliances" and crap like that...I want to always be less than 5 feet from a green-screen!).
I haven't done it myself, but I seem to remember reading somewhere that a particular version of Samba was the first to introduce domain controller functionality.
Actually, here's some info on that: http://bioserve.latrobe.edu.au/samba/ntdomfaq.html
I should try this out sometime...it would make the Windows boxes on the home network play a little nicer, I think...don't particularly want to waste a box with NT or 2K Server, but I've already got a handful of boxes running Samba...might as well use them to their full potential.
There's a lot of damn stupid people in the world...heck, I've met several people who run NT or 2K Server at home...I ask them why...they say "it's more powerful!" I'm reminded of those moments in Baseketball when the evil rich guy, when confronted with an example of supreme stupidity, holds his hands to his head as if in great pain.
Heck, I've even met people who are convince that, to do simple SMB filesharing, you *have* to have Server, workstation "can't do it". Total BS, but when has that ever stopped anyone believing something.
It takes care of the thousands running IIS without meaning to, those people who didn't really notice the checked box while they were installing WinNT/2K. Increases the likelihood that someone who has a world-accessible webserver *knows* they have a world-accessible webserver, cause they had to expressly do something to make it happen.
The thing is, it makes it such that once you've cracked one key (NSA's key, in your example), you've cracked em all. The payoff is well worth the computation time involved, and someone will do it. It's an inherent problem with any backdoor system I've heard of so far.
Key escrow makes slightly more sense, since it gets rid of the fundamentally flawed logic of backdoored encryption. But, it has the additional problem of requiring an organization that can be 100% trusted, and I don't believe mankind is capable of that...at least not at this stage of the game.
I've got an idea...how about a nice, simple 404 page? You know, maybe something like the "default" 404 page, with maybe a link to the site's home, and maybe if you're feeling really frisky, a link to the site map (if you have one).
I fucking hate it when I go to a site, click around, run into a 404, and i get a page complete with all the layout and everything else of the rest of the site, and somewhere buried in there is "by the way, the thing you wanted to see isn't here". "404 - Not Found" in big-ass letters is a much better way of doing it.
Besides, the people behind this act would probably consider any friends/family members killed as martyrs for their "righteous" cause. One-way non-stop ticket to heaven, in their eyes.
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Well gee...if we DON'T do anything about (insert latest world crisis/whatever here), the rest of the world looks at us and says, "Well? When are you going to get off your ass and do something?" Damned if we do, damned if we don't.
Hell yes. During this whole thing, there were times when I was tempted to leave the small-ish (but quite stable) company I'm with. I had friends who were making 2-3x my salary, often doing less or with more fringe benefits (telecommuting, etc). I put out resumes, got a couple offers, some quite nice, but it just didn't feel right. Now I'm glad I stayed put...my salary is sufficient such that I think I am paid enough for the job I do, and only 2 people were laid off. I have a number of friends that suddenly found themselves jobless in all this, and I almost have to laugh when they act like it really could have lasted indefinitely.
The one where I used to live (Columbia, SC) had a nice parts bin, great for picking up a stack of ISA network cards so's you can build a network of 486s and have a NetDoomFest. Nothing in the bargain bin was ever more than $5, and at that price I can deal with the "as-is" terms.
Now I live in Atlanta...and one day I went to a CR in the area...and saw a 3c509-TPO. In the bargain bin. With a price of $89. And still with the "as-is" condition! The rest of the bin was much the same. It left me feeling cold and depressed.
I got the same thing with looking for optimum grappling hook travel paths when Quake 2 was big...
Look on the bright side...if you ever have to defend your home against criminals/terrorists/thought police/girl scouts/whatever, the little bonus of some strategic thinking just might save your life. Thinking like a soldier doesn't have to be a bad thing, as long as you don't act on it without reason.
Ever notice that most places you walk into have a small sticker or sign somewhere that says something like "Closed-circuit cameras on premises"? I'm not sure the sign is even 100% required, but most places that are concerned about shoplifting will use the sign to deter shoplifters. Anyway, that's your notice that cameras are in use at the location. Legally, you have been notified, and your entrance is considered implied consent to being watched/recorded. I would imagine that there are some restrictions on the use of any recordings (not selling the tape to a television studio without consent, etc), but I would think security purposes would be allowed.
They say that you spend about 1/3 of your life asleep...and in the US 18 is generally considered the official "adult" age, so 1/3 of 18 is 6, 18-6 is 12, which is right on target with your 11.5. And you know what, I bet in 10 years, this thing will be able to score better on the english section of most high school grad exams than the average high school graduate.
In my area, you can switch from the big telco...unless you want to keep your DSL up and running with a non-telco ISP. Seems that if Bellsouth owns the lines in your neighborhood, you can only use Bellsouth for DSL service if your phone service is through another carrier. If you switch to Bellsouth for phone service, suddenly your number shows up in all the proper systems to be apportioned for another DSL provider.
I have always hated Bellsouth due to my experiences with them at work with isdn and frame relay services. It REALLY pisses me off that with DSL, I have to be sending cash to Bellsouth every month one way or the other. And don't say "get a cable modem"...guess who runs that in my neighborhood. Here's a hint...the company can be abbreviated the same as Bull Shit.
Getting back to the original post's topic, marijuana also supposedly causes a lack of motivation. So, whether he got A's from intelligence or work ethic, it's a reasonable counterexample for common beliefs about marijuana.
Actually, I have a friend in grad school working on a research project to make a drug that counteracts the high from cocaine. In the current phase, one of her tasks is giving the coke to the monkeys. Somebody's gotta do it, I guess.
Speaking as a systems administrator who controls several NT servers running IIS (and one who patched every last one of em within a few days of the patch being out), most of the bulletins and articles I saw in the early days of this vulnerability clearly stated that Index Server was not required for the exploit to work. Here's a Register article from 6/19/01, well before Code Red was threatening life as we know it:
Now of course it's a good question as to why the dll is present when Index Server isn't installed, but that's really secondary to the other issues involved.
I never heard anyone bitch all that much about the standard practice of most dialup ISPs not having a modem for each and every user (except for the occasional dedicated accounts that get their own modem and own number). Sure people would bitch if the ratio was really bad, say 20:1, but on average most people understood that they'd get the occasional busy signal and would try again in a few minutes. This is really the same thing...internet access sold to the public has always (and always will) used a lot of average usage ratio calculations. It simply wouldn't be possible to maintain a profitable business at the rates generally charged. This is why *real* high-speed access circuits cost a lot of money and have service agreements and all that sort of stuff.
Have you ever worked in network support for an organization that is primarily non-technical? Users see problems and complain, yes...but they report things as "My computer is broken" or "The network is slow" or "My thingamajig doesn't do right". The average user on a corporate net has no idea how any of the stuff works, or even how to separate email from accessing a fileserver from going to a website in their mind.
In many organizations, the person or handful of people who run the servers and networks are often the only people in the organization who can grasp the technical issues. What I was saying is that all too often these people subscribe to the blackhole lists with good intentions, but often don't think about the possible problems that could arise. No one else in the organization, even upper management and owners, might be thinking about it, either. You know why they're not thinking about it? They hired people to do that. And quite simply, a lot of technical people in the world have such a hard-on for killing spammers that they don't think about the possibility of an error in the lists, or a list manager slipping in something for personal reasons, etc.
That's just the thing...you would raise issue with management, I would raise issue with management, many *technical people* would. But, news flash, the vast majority of people who use a network as part of their job are not technical people. They just know that they can't send mail to this or that person anymore.
Also, a network admin is not charged with operating the network as they see fit. In my view, the duty of a network administrator is to focus on the reliability, availability, and usability of the network. Yes, a network administrator should identify types of problem traffic that affect these three areas. But he should take great care that he does not inadvertently go too far. In the average corporate environment, killing p2p filesharing or streaming audio/video has only a tiny chance of affecting someone's ability to do their job. Email is a much trickier subject.
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Lieutenants are great...tossing a smoke grenade to call an airstrike is a great diversionary tactic, especially in smaller games.
As to swastikas, there are some very small ones on some of the crates inside the base. Sure, there's no huge banners with em hanging around, but this is a front-line defense base, not Hitler's dining hall.
Can you read?
The comment (indeed, the few comments previous in the thread) clearly referred to NT/2K SERVER, not workstation. Heck, I run W2K workstation at home...it is a fuckload more stable than anything in the 9x series.
And I don't run Linux on any of my boxes...OpenBSD and FreeBSD are much better suited to my needs for servers, routers, etc. For a desktop, W2K workstation has everything else beat currently, especially seeing as I like to play more than the select few games available on Linux.
Heh...it's definitely on the list of "things I'm gonna do on a weekend when I'm bored and don't feel like playing games". Just like building a PC for mp3 stereo/DivX player functionality, and getting a few more serial terminals (bathroom, bedroom, and kitchen need terminals, damnit! Screw "internet appliances" and crap like that...I want to always be less than 5 feet from a green-screen!).
That's right, I have no life....why do you ask?
I haven't done it myself, but I seem to remember reading somewhere that a particular version of Samba was the first to introduce domain controller functionality.
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Actually, here's some info on that: http://bioserve.latrobe.edu.au/samba/ntdomfaq.htm
I should try this out sometime...it would make the Windows boxes on the home network play a little nicer, I think...don't particularly want to waste a box with NT or 2K Server, but I've already got a handful of boxes running Samba...might as well use them to their full potential.
There's a lot of damn stupid people in the world...heck, I've met several people who run NT or 2K Server at home...I ask them why...they say "it's more powerful!" I'm reminded of those moments in Baseketball when the evil rich guy, when confronted with an example of supreme stupidity, holds his hands to his head as if in great pain.
Heck, I've even met people who are convince that, to do simple SMB filesharing, you *have* to have Server, workstation "can't do it". Total BS, but when has that ever stopped anyone believing something.
It takes care of the thousands running IIS without meaning to, those people who didn't really notice the checked box while they were installing WinNT/2K. Increases the likelihood that someone who has a world-accessible webserver *knows* they have a world-accessible webserver, cause they had to expressly do something to make it happen.
The thing is, it makes it such that once you've cracked one key (NSA's key, in your example), you've cracked em all. The payoff is well worth the computation time involved, and someone will do it. It's an inherent problem with any backdoor system I've heard of so far.
Key escrow makes slightly more sense, since it gets rid of the fundamentally flawed logic of backdoored encryption. But, it has the additional problem of requiring an organization that can be 100% trusted, and I don't believe mankind is capable of that...at least not at this stage of the game.
I've got an idea...how about a nice, simple 404 page? You know, maybe something like the "default" 404 page, with maybe a link to the site's home, and maybe if you're feeling really frisky, a link to the site map (if you have one).
I fucking hate it when I go to a site, click around, run into a 404, and i get a page complete with all the layout and everything else of the rest of the site, and somewhere buried in there is "by the way, the thing you wanted to see isn't here". "404 - Not Found" in big-ass letters is a much better way of doing it.
But nobody ever listens to me.
Besides, the people behind this act would probably consider any friends/family members killed as martyrs for their "righteous" cause. One-way non-stop ticket to heaven, in their eyes.
Well gee...if we DON'T do anything about (insert latest world crisis/whatever here), the rest of the world looks at us and says, "Well? When are you going to get off your ass and do something?" Damned if we do, damned if we don't.
Hell yes. During this whole thing, there were times when I was tempted to leave the small-ish (but quite stable) company I'm with. I had friends who were making 2-3x my salary, often doing less or with more fringe benefits (telecommuting, etc). I put out resumes, got a couple offers, some quite nice, but it just didn't feel right. Now I'm glad I stayed put...my salary is sufficient such that I think I am paid enough for the job I do, and only 2 people were laid off. I have a number of friends that suddenly found themselves jobless in all this, and I almost have to laugh when they act like it really could have lasted indefinitely.
The one where I used to live (Columbia, SC) had a nice parts bin, great for picking up a stack of ISA network cards so's you can build a network of 486s and have a NetDoomFest. Nothing in the bargain bin was ever more than $5, and at that price I can deal with the "as-is" terms.
Now I live in Atlanta...and one day I went to a CR in the area...and saw a 3c509-TPO. In the bargain bin. With a price of $89. And still with the "as-is" condition! The rest of the bin was much the same. It left me feeling cold and depressed.
At least Google marks them as such...the same can't be said of many of the other search engines out there.
I got the same thing with looking for optimum grappling hook travel paths when Quake 2 was big...
Look on the bright side...if you ever have to defend your home against criminals/terrorists/thought police/girl scouts/whatever, the little bonus of some strategic thinking just might save your life. Thinking like a soldier doesn't have to be a bad thing, as long as you don't act on it without reason.
Ever notice that most places you walk into have a small sticker or sign somewhere that says something like "Closed-circuit cameras on premises"? I'm not sure the sign is even 100% required, but most places that are concerned about shoplifting will use the sign to deter shoplifters. Anyway, that's your notice that cameras are in use at the location. Legally, you have been notified, and your entrance is considered implied consent to being watched/recorded. I would imagine that there are some restrictions on the use of any recordings (not selling the tape to a television studio without consent, etc), but I would think security purposes would be allowed.
This thing doesn't have to sleep.
They say that you spend about 1/3 of your life asleep...and in the US 18 is generally considered the official "adult" age, so 1/3 of 18 is 6, 18-6 is 12, which is right on target with your 11.5. And you know what, I bet in 10 years, this thing will be able to score better on the english section of most high school grad exams than the average high school graduate.
In my area, you can switch from the big telco...unless you want to keep your DSL up and running with a non-telco ISP. Seems that if Bellsouth owns the lines in your neighborhood, you can only use Bellsouth for DSL service if your phone service is through another carrier. If you switch to Bellsouth for phone service, suddenly your number shows up in all the proper systems to be apportioned for another DSL provider.
I have always hated Bellsouth due to my experiences with them at work with isdn and frame relay services. It REALLY pisses me off that with DSL, I have to be sending cash to Bellsouth every month one way or the other. And don't say "get a cable modem"...guess who runs that in my neighborhood. Here's a hint...the company can be abbreviated the same as Bull Shit.
Getting back to the original post's topic, marijuana also supposedly causes a lack of motivation. So, whether he got A's from intelligence or work ethic, it's a reasonable counterexample for common beliefs about marijuana.
Actually, I have a friend in grad school working on a research project to make a drug that counteracts the high from cocaine. In the current phase, one of her tasks is giving the coke to the monkeys. Somebody's gotta do it, I guess.
It appears that the random quote ain't so random at the moment...visiting several different pages keeps the same Futurama quote.
Speaking as a systems administrator who controls several NT servers running IIS (and one who patched every last one of em within a few days of the patch being out), most of the bulletins and articles I saw in the early days of this vulnerability clearly stated that Index Server was not required for the exploit to work. Here's a Register article from 6/19/01, well before Code Red was threatening life as we know it:
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Now of course it's a good question as to why the dll is present when Index Server isn't installed, but that's really secondary to the other issues involved.
I never heard anyone bitch all that much about the standard practice of most dialup ISPs not having a modem for each and every user (except for the occasional dedicated accounts that get their own modem and own number). Sure people would bitch if the ratio was really bad, say 20:1, but on average most people understood that they'd get the occasional busy signal and would try again in a few minutes. This is really the same thing...internet access sold to the public has always (and always will) used a lot of average usage ratio calculations. It simply wouldn't be possible to maintain a profitable business at the rates generally charged. This is why *real* high-speed access circuits cost a lot of money and have service agreements and all that sort of stuff.
Geez...I know this is Slashdot and all...but PERL Harbor? What the hell? Come up for air now and then...can't think code all the time.
Have you ever worked in network support for an organization that is primarily non-technical? Users see problems and complain, yes...but they report things as "My computer is broken" or "The network is slow" or "My thingamajig doesn't do right". The average user on a corporate net has no idea how any of the stuff works, or even how to separate email from accessing a fileserver from going to a website in their mind.
In many organizations, the person or handful of people who run the servers and networks are often the only people in the organization who can grasp the technical issues. What I was saying is that all too often these people subscribe to the blackhole lists with good intentions, but often don't think about the possible problems that could arise. No one else in the organization, even upper management and owners, might be thinking about it, either. You know why they're not thinking about it? They hired people to do that. And quite simply, a lot of technical people in the world have such a hard-on for killing spammers that they don't think about the possibility of an error in the lists, or a list manager slipping in something for personal reasons, etc.
That's just the thing...you would raise issue with management, I would raise issue with management, many *technical people* would. But, news flash, the vast majority of people who use a network as part of their job are not technical people. They just know that they can't send mail to this or that person anymore.
Also, a network admin is not charged with operating the network as they see fit. In my view, the duty of a network administrator is to focus on the reliability, availability, and usability of the network. Yes, a network administrator should identify types of problem traffic that affect these three areas. But he should take great care that he does not inadvertently go too far. In the average corporate environment, killing p2p filesharing or streaming audio/video has only a tiny chance of affecting someone's ability to do their job. Email is a much trickier subject.